HENRY PIERCE ACS

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

henryp499@gmail.com

Henry Pierce started shooting TV commercials in the early 1980's for all the major advertising agencies in Australia. By the end of the 1980's Henry decided to pursue his passion for drama. First as an Operator on Australian and US Features including "PITCH BLACK" starring Vin Diesel, "THE MARINE" starring John Cena, "AQUAMARINE" and "THE CONDEMNED". He also operated on US TV shows such as "FLIPPER", "ROAR", "FARSCAPE" and ﻿"TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA" starring Michael Caine. His first television credit as DP, "MISERY GUTS" won an ACS gold award for cinematography. Since then Henry has been Director of Photography on Television series such as "McLEOD'S DAUGHTERS", "WILD BOYS", "RESCUE SPECIAL OPS", and US TV series "PONDEROSA" and "CAMP". He has also filmed a series of Telemovies called "BLACK JACK" starring Colin Friels, winning a National ACS Golden Tripod award. Other Telemovies include "DRIPPING IN CHOCOLATE" starring David Wenham, and "JOURNEY".His recent work has been on the TV series "A Place to Call Home" series 4, 5 and 6. Series 4 and 6 where nominated for AACTA awards for best Cinematography on a TV drama, and Episode 1 series 4 and 5 won Gold Wards at the 2017 and 2018 New South Wales Cinematographers awards and an "Award of Distinction" at the 2018 National awards. In 2019 Henry completed filming on a Cinema Documentary titled "Working Class Boy" about the early life of Jimmy Barnes, which was shot on location in Glasgow, Sydney and Adelaide. Following this Henry work in London for Neal Street Productions on "Call The Midwife" airing on BBC 1 and has just completed a new production, "Between Two Worlds" for the Seven Network in Australia. ​

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